Shelving standard and bracket



July 20, 1954. E. w. WALTZ SHELVING STANDARD AND BRACKET Filed Aug. 14, 1950 Patented July 20, 1954 SHELVING STANDARD AND BRACKET Edward W. Waltz, Grand Rapids, Mich., assignor .to The E. 0. Bulman Manufacturing Company, Inc., Grand Rapids, Mich., a corporation of Michigan Application August 14, 1950, Serial No. 179,367

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to a shelving standard of a novel and very practical and useful structure, upon which a novel bracket or a number of them may be releasably and adjustably mounted at different selected heights on the standard, and which is adapted at its lower end to have a base or bottom shelf support readily secured thereto in a permanent or bolted relation, so that a plurality of the standards with the base or bottom supports may be used, spaced from each other either to make a single shelving unit in which two of the standards with connected base supports will be used, or a multiple of such units in alignment with shelving brackets connected with the novel standard of my invention at various adjusted heights.

it is an object and purpose of the present invention to provide a particularly economical, strong and sturdy shelving standard which may be readily manufactured at low cost, and which is particularly useful and practical in service.

An understanding of the invention may be had from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which,

Fig. 1 is a side elevation showing the standard of my invention with a base or bottom shelf support secured at its lower end, and with an intermediate shelving bracket connected with the standard.

2 is an enlarged View of a fragmentary portion of the standard and of a shelf bracket in connection therewith.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the structure shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4i is a fragmentary end elevation of the shelving bracketused with the standard.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary front elevation of the standard, and

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary vertical section substantially on the plane of line 6-6 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction indicated.

Like reference characters refer to like parts in the different figures of the drawing.

In the construction shown in the drawing, which illustrates a preferred embodiment of my invention the standard is made of two vertical channels of flat metal having webs I spaced from each other a short distance and in parallel relation, and oppositely extending flanges 2. The webs l of the channel members at spaced intervals vertically, and between their front and rear edges, are formed with inwardly pressed stirrups having vertical portions 3 and top and bottom portions 4, angularly disposed substantially at an angle of 45 degrees both to the hori- (Cl. 24S-243) zontal and vertical, so located and disposed with respect to each other that when the two webs E of the channels are brought together the parts nest as shown in Fig. 6, and there are provided two vertically spaced series of slots or openings i at the fronts and backs of the vertical portions 3 of the stirrups mentioned. At the back of the post a plate 6 of at metal is located and permanently secured by welding or otherwise to the rear sides of the back flanges 2 of the channels. The vertical portions 3 of the stirrups of one channel member and the web i of the other bearing against each other, are also permanently secured together by spot welding.

The post thus provided is exceptionally strong and sturdy and is very readily manufactured.

The shelving brackets which are used with posts of the structure described, each comprise an arm 'i of flat metal of progressively increasing height from its front to its rear end. At the rear portions of the plate 1, preferably, two or more hooks are integrally formed, each having a horizontal shank and a downwardly turned short vertical section 9 at the rear end of the shank as shown in Fig. li. The hooks are spaced a proper distance such that they may be inserted in successive vertically spaced openings Ei, bearing at one side against the bottoms 3 of the associated stirrups and at their other sides against the webs l of the channels as shown. Such connection is a detachable one, the bracket as a Whole being elevated a short distance upon insertion of the hooks and, after reaching position, moved a short distance downwardly as shown in Fig. 2.

The bracket may be completed by two vertical plates l0 of flat metal, one at each side of the upper edge portion of the arm i and welded thereto, and above the upper edge of the arm i and between the ends of the plates iii having horizontal outwardly extending short iianges i l, extendu ing opposite each other upon which the ends of horizontal shelves may rest.

At the lower end of the post a bottoni shelf support or a support for the bottom of a shelving section, indicated at I2, preferably of sheet metal, the specific detail of structure of which is not shown, has rear end parts extending between the spaced webs I of the vertical channels of the post to which they are permanently secured by spot welding or other equivalent permanent connection.

The structure described is of light weight and yet of ample strength to sustain the weight to which subjected in service. It is sturdy and has 3 a rigidity which prevents it from bending when subjected to the Weight of articles piaced upon the shelves carried by the brackets. Economy of manufacture and ease of assembly are features or" the invention of value.

If desired the post may be provided with two vertical rows of stirrups providing additional sockets from which brackets may extend from the other side of the post so that shelves may be supported at each side thereof.

The invention is defined in the appended claim and is to be considered comprehensive of all forms of structure coming Within its scope.

I claim:

A structure of the class described comprising, two upright sheet metal standards each having distributed in spaced vertical relation to each other a plurality of stirrups stamped outwardly from the respective standard, each stirrup having a vertical portion and integral top and bottom portions joining said vertical portion to its respective standard, said vertical portion being spaced from the adjacent face of its respective standard toY form a socket for the reception of a hook on a shelf bracket, each stirrup of one standard being nested between a pair of stirrups of the other standard, the said integral joining portions of the stirrups being closely adjacent those of adjacent nesting stirrups whereby the hook of the shelf bracket engages a double thickness wall, and means for fastening said standards together.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,597,318 Kane Aug. 24, 1926 1,703,872 Engelson Mar. 5, 1929 2,263,282 Welch Nov. 18, 1941 2,297,087 Vanderveld Sept. 29, 1942 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 5,538 Great Britain of 1894 

